We welcome everyone in attendance to please register your full name in the black book, located at the end of each pew, and pass it to your neighbor.

March 27, 2016

9:30 & 11:00 AM

CALL TO WORSHIP Brass Ensemble

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

SONGS OF PRAISE

HYMN #90 Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee Forever In Christ Alone

OFFERTORY Christ Is Risen BUMC Choir

MESSAGE: Rev. Tim Kriebel

Resurrection: Myth or Miracle?

CLOSING SONG

HYMN #367 Christ The Lord Is Risen Today

BENEDICTION

BUMC member missionaries in the field & deployed

servicemen, for whom we have lit altar prayer candles.

Rigo Martinez - Afghanistan

Jon Swenson - China

Prayer Meeting every Sunday

5:30 pm Soaking Prayer

6:00 pm Healing and Intercessory Prayer

Please Keep the sick in Your Prayers. . . Kimberly Beebe

Karen Carapellucci

Charlie and Carol Cass

Laszlo Csihas

Barrie Denaro

Bette Jones

Elizabeth McMaster-Alzheimers (Anita Winner’s mother)

Al and Trudy Morley

Drew Peden-colon cancer; chemo, radiation, surgery

Preeda Read

Nelson Whipple

Jean-Multiple Myeloma (Cheryl Tustin’s sister)

WOMEN’S SPRING EVENTS Please join us for one or both of these events:

Friday, April 22 - War Room Movie showing at 7:00 PM - NO COST

Saturday, April 23 - Priscilla Shirer Simulcast Time: 8:00 am Registration and light breakfast

8:45 am Event Starts

4:35 pm Event Ends

Cost: $20 - Lunch Included

Sign up and purchase ticket by April 10. Tickets can be purchased

after service in Agan Hall.

After April 10, call for availability

Questions, call: Andi Hall 610:761.5797 or Lori Imparato

610.459.9451 or the Church Office : 610.459.3482

SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH, age 3 through 12th

grade during the 9:00 AM service. The format for kids 3 years old

through 5th grade will introduce the teaching and truths of the Bible in an

exciting and fresh way.

The Youth (Non-Confirmation Class) Sunday School will meet in the youth room for the next three weeks. Starting April 10, they will move to Room 101

SUPERCHURCH AT 10:30 AM - 3 years old to 5th grade. Gather

downstairs in the Room 107.

BETHLEHEM PRAISE DANCE: Classes will be held on Tuesdays.

Girls: Ages 5 – 9 (4:30 to 5:15pm); Girls: Ages 10 – 12 (5:30 to 6:15pm)

Beginning again in September 2016

KID’S CHOIR : 6:00 - 6:30 pm every Wednesday - open to all children

Kindergarten through 5th grade. (September thru April)

If you have questions regarding Kid’s Choir or Bethlehem Praise Dance,

Contact Pastor Christie at Christie@bethmeth.com.

AWANA: 6:30-8:00 pm every Wednesday for children in Kindergarten

-5th grade. Last class April 27.

YOUTH BIBLE STUDY: 6:30 - 8:00 pm every Wednesday - 2 separate

groups are held for boys grades 6 thru 12 and girls grades 6 thru 12.

MYF (Methodist Youth Fellowship): Boys and Girls grades 6 thru 12

will not be held this Sunday, March 27, and will resume next Sunday,

April 3, 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

FRIDAY FUN NIGHT: Fun for kids age 4 thru 5th grade, Friday, April 15

from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Registration required - contact

beverly@bethmeth.com.

Adult helpers needed - if interested, please contact Pastor Kevin

Giannotti at kevin@bethmeth.com.

It’s a Kenya Raffle! Community Day, May 7th from 12-5pm is featuring a raffle! Proceeds will go toward the Kenya Mission Trip in July, so we are calling it a “Kenya Raffle!” Lots of fun, the chance to win fabulous items, and the opportunity to support an incredible mission trip! In our blessed world we don’t even have to think about the availability of clean water, we take for granted that it will always be there! Bringing clean water to the people of Kenya is life changing! You can be absolutely sure your contributions will have a major impact on someone’s life!

Here’s how it works: All items in the raffle are displayed on tables with a bag in front of each item. Raffle tickets are purchased, name & telephone is written on the back, and tickets are placed in the bags of your choice! What do you want to win? The more tickets you place in a bag the better your chances of winning that item! At the close of the raffle, a ticket is drawn from each bag. If your name is drawn, YOU WIN that item! You do not have to be present to win, but it certainly is fun if you are!

Where do we get the items for the raffle?

You can purchase, make or solicit your friends and business associates for donations. Popular items are tickets to sporting or theater events, restaurant gift cards, theme baskets, jewelry, gardening and automotive supplies, donated services, or golf passes. Your small group or church activity group can combine your resources to create a unique offering.

What if I have an item that would be great in a basket, but I don’t have enough stuff to make up a whole basket. Can I donate that item?

Yes please! Everything is helpful! We will be collecting new items, unique items, gift cards or any individual donations and our committee will assemble them into baskets. Look for the donation box each Sunday in Agan Hall. We would also appreciate donations of any nice baskets, too.

Last day to bring in your items: Sunday, April 30!

Want to help pull it all together? Contact Dale & Debbie Plummer at 610-566-1329, ddplummer@aol.com.

COMMUNITY DAY May 7th Invite your friends and neighbors!

Healing the Heartbreak of Abortion

Abortion can be one of the most traumatic experiences in a

woman’s life. Surrendering the Secret is a powerful 8-week

study that helps hurting women find the path to healing

through honest, interactive Bible study. With compassion,

you will be encouraged and supported as you allow God

into rooms of your heart that might have been sealed for too

long. It’s time to let go of the shame, accept His forgiveness

and heal. All you need is to be willing.

God wants to set you free!

ALL SERVICES are FREE and CONFIDENTIAL

Please join us.

Surrendering the Secret Bible Study will be starting In May 2016 at

Amnion Pregnance Center, Drexel Hill PA

For more information: Call 610-622-9957

Www.amnionpregnancycenter.com

OPENING HYMN: LOW IN THE GRAVE HE LAY

(CHRIST AROSE)

Verse 1

Low in the grave He lay Jesus my Saviour Waiting the coming day Jesus my Lord

Chorus 1 Up from the grave He arose

With a mighty triumph o'er His foes He arose a victor from the dark domain

And He lives forever with His saints to reign He arose He arose

Hallelujah Christ arose

Verse 2 Vainly they watch His bed Jesus my Saviour

Vainly they seal the dead Jesus my Lord

Verse 3 Death cannot keep his prey Jesus my Saviour

He tore the bars away Jesus my Lord

CCLI Song # 27783 Robert Lowry© Words: Public Domain Music: Public Domain For use solely with the SongSelect Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License # 180730

CLOSING HYMN: CHRIST THE LORD IS RISEN TODAY

Verse 1 Christ the Lord is ris'n today alleluia Sons of men and angels say alleluia

Raise your joys and triumphs high alleluia Sing ye heavens and earth reply alleluia

Verse 2 Lives again our glorious King alleluia

Where O death is now thy sting alleluia Dying once He all doth save alleluia Where thy victory O grave alleluia

Verse 3 Love's redeeming work is done alleluia Fought the fight the battle won alleluia Death in vain forbids Him rise alleluia

Christ has opened paradise alleluia

Verse 4 Soar we now where Christ has led alleluia

Following our exalted Head alleluia Made like Him like Him we rise alleluia

Ours the cross the grave the skies alleluia

CCLI Song # 27965 Charles Wesley | Samuel Arnold© Words: Public Domain Music: Public Domain For use solely with the SongSelect Terms of Use. All rights reserved.

www.ccli.com CCLI License # 180730

March 26, 2016

Prelude: Hymn #350 God So Loved the World

Announcements

Hymns #358 Because He Lives #357 Christ Arose

Offertory Sally DiLodovico

Members and guests, please sign our Register in the black book, located at the end of each pew, and pass it to your neighbor.

Meditation Rev. Tim Kriebel

Resurrection: Myth or Miracle?

Hymn #367 Christ the Lord Is Risen Today

Benediction

Postlude Sally DiLodovico

8:00 AM

Louise Husbands by Beebe Family

Jack and Mary Chandler by Kirk Chandler

Joe and Joan Fente by Cliff and Kathy Hineman

Edwin and Anna Hineman by Cliff and Kathy Hineman

Loved Ones by Gail Kretschmar

Allen and Emma McCann by Maureen McCann

Frank, Lorraine and Kathy deBettencourt by Maureen McCann

Mark Kelly by Hartley and Irene Miller

Isaac S. Pike, III and Renee Poh by Ike, Jani and Emily Pike

Jennifer Pitts by David and Sharon Pitts

Our parents by David and Sharon Pitts

Our parents by Scott and E. Trotter

Albert and Virginia Tustin by Dave Tustin

And in loving honor of the following person:

Matulos Smit by Gene Presto

Joyce Csihas by Sharon Ryan

Alex and Beth, Ben and Veronica by Steve and Donna Trandahl

During this Easter Season, 2016, donations or the flowers gracing our Sanctuary have been given in loving memory of the following persons:

“THE RESURRECTION: MYTH OR MIRACLE?”

D_____ D____—L_________ L_____

From __. __ to __. __.

The Risen Christ change__ history!

The Risen Christ change__ lives!

Is Jesus’ resurrection _______ news?

Is Jesus’ resurrection _______ news?

Sir L_________ L_________

The Evidence of the _________ _______

The Swoon Theory: Let’s read responsively John 19:31-34 (p.

827)

The Stolen Body Theory: Let’s read in unison Matthew 28:11-15

(p. 760)

The Hallucination Theory: Let’s read responsively 1 Corinthians

15:1-8 (p. 879)

The Wrong Tomb Theory: Let’s read in unison Matthew 27:57-

61 (p. 760)

“Early on Sunday morning, as the new day was dawning,

Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went out to visit the tomb. Suddenly

there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from

heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it.” (Matthew 28:1-2)—p. 760

Besides, if there was a _________ tomb, there was also a

_________ tomb from which the authorities would have produced Jesus’

body

The Evidence of _______________ _________________

The Evidence of ____________ _________

__aul/__aul

Let’s read responsively Acts 9:1-6 (pp. 837-38)

Let’s read in unison 1 Corinthians 15:8-10 (p. 879)

Lee Strobel

Me

You?

2016 Kenya Raffle Donation Form

Kenya Raffle at Bethlehem UMC Community Day

Saturday, May 7, 2016 12pm – 5pm

*raffle drawing at 4pm

Name______________________________________

Address______________________________________

Phone (H)_________________(C)__________________

Email ________________________________________

ITEM OR SERVICE TO BE DONATED (please provide a

clear description or picture of the item or service – if a gift

certificate, give the expiration date)

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

___________________________________________

Fair Market Value_______ Date Item Available ______

Certificate Valid through date, if applicable _______

Item will be

_____ dropped off at church by Sun, April 30

_____picked up by a Kenya Raffle committee member

Thank you for your generosity. All proceeds to benefit the

Kenya Missions Team Trip July 31st – August 13th.

Questions, contact: Dale & Debbie Plummer at 610-566-1329

ddplummer@aol.com.

Please turn this form into the church office or hand to a

committee member.

**All donated items and forms must be submitted

by Sun, April 30, 2016**

DAILY PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION

SUNDAY: Pray for a church-wide revival manifested by more and

more people becoming absolutely convinced in heart

and mind and soul and spirit that Jesus Christ IS

risen!

MONDAY: Pray for Lois Erb and the other members of the Monday

evening small group

TUESDAY: Pray that your classmates would come to know Jesus, and

experience His salvation, His wholeness, and His

provision for every need

WEDNESDAY: Pray for all those you know who suffer from arthritis

THURSDAY: Pray that the Holy Spirit would impart to you or whoever

He chooses the spiritual gift of administration

FRIDAY: Pray for unreached people groups and other unsaved folks

in Kazakhstan

SATURDAY: For those living on Country Run Road in Thornbury

Hunt

DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS

Remember the Sabbath…

MONDAY: 1 Corinthians 15:1-20

TUESDAY: 1 Corinthians 15:21-34

WEDNESDAY: 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

…Observe the Sabbath

THURSDAY: Psalm 71:1-9, 17-21

FRIDAY: Daniel 4:28-37

SATURDAY: Mark 5:1-20

Attendance: Last Sunday: 9:00 am: 113; 10:30 am: 175; total: 288

Members and guests, please register your full name in the black book, located at the end of each pew, and pass it to your neighbor.

Giving: Needed weekly: $16,452; Received Last Sunday: $15,891

Dates available to give altar flowers are April 3, 10 @$20.00 per vase. Rosebuds are $10.00. Call the office to designate as a memorial or in honor of a loved one.

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General Information

Who We Are: We are an authentic Christian community which is

radically loving, outwardly focused, and grace giving! What We Do:

We are to seek the lost, restore the broken,

and make the wounded whole.

GOD'S VISION & MISSION FOR US